Toy



Patented Nov. 8, 1927. i

' TOY.

My:invention relates to a;toy,designedto interest and amuse 1 small eh-ildren; and the object of the invention'is tog3rovide a simple and inexpensive animal tOy in,the form of a pliable covering or bag, capable of receiving the ghand thei ein, and having portionsof the head adapted to be manipulated by the fin- .gers et the l,rand t0 simulate living animal. Other ;objeots Will appear hereinafter. Ihe invention consistsOf ;a ec jmbination and angement o parts; hereinartter deseribed in the claims..

' Tl1e invention Will be best understod .b y referenoes ;;to (the accompanying .d1awings, forming a part,of this Specifieation andin Figure 1 represents a vievi in perspective :of a ;toy made in aecordanee With the 'present invention,

Eigure 2 is an elevatiOnal .cross,seotion -view of Figure 1 shOwing the ineanS for. the manipulation of the mouth ,aird ears of.the toy; there being incorporated,.also; in this .vieW in:broken outline a ioreari n,With a hand and fingrs by to maf;iulate the V Figure 3is ;a perspective vien of the machw anism for moving the ears, and for main taining them in a normal position whennot being manipulated.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration I have shown the preferred ernb0diment of my invention, the numeral 3 designates a bag body made. of pliable fab rie, made of rubber or other material suffi ciently rigid to be normally self sustainin'g and adapted to allow the insertion of the hand and forearm of the user.

The bag body 3 is made with a closed end 4 fasbioned in simulation of an animal head, the closed end 4 as herein depieted to represent a rabbit head. To carry out the simulatien of a rabbit head, the closed end 4 is provided with suitable embellishments .or marks to provide e ves 5, nostrils 6, a mouth 7, and with projecting parts 8 fashioned to resemble ears. Just back or the closed or head end et, thus produeed in simulation of the headof a rabbit the bagbodv has a restricted zone 9 designed to represent the neck of the animal. The open end 10 of the body is employed as a way throgh which the user may enter bis hand and forearm.

The'head portion of the toy is filled with a suitable hard material 11, suchas WOd or cor]; as best shown in Figure 2, and having a 12 tberein, aoross Which extnds a i small shait 13, on which is.pivotally mounted txvo levers l" adapted to be .operated by the lingers. These levers have hub niemberS 15 Figure 3); ,around 'WhiCh pass spring members 16 -seoured-;to the hub mernbe'rs 15 by solder or brazing so as to ;prevent rotation thereon. ;-Ila-e shorter end of the spring mem ber 16 rests; ona small.pin'which :holds it in an elevated or approximatehorizontal posibien vvlaerebtbe spring'member is adapted,

.:to liold theears in theirinornlallyelevated posit on, by; eooperation with the longer end of the springmember Which extends upward throug h the ears, andterminates in.a cirole gl8.near the top; The,eirclevat the topo! packing gl9, sueh as- -cotton, and having a device 2Qbelow the packing. sewed or gl1ied;

into- OSitiqn.;-tp ;prevent the. packing from eoming outof;plae e and cloggingthe manip- ,ulating i neelianiSm below The bas; et sack is.,tbickenedover thep'art 21, representing lnose; and i s"reinforoed in Sidefiby another- ,piece,of tabrie or.theli ke 22,-ernented or glued to thenose pice 21. To the reinforcin,q m'aterial 22 is seeureda suitable eye or lug through whieh the front end of wire 23 is hooked, so that by pulling on the wire'23 the nose and mouth Will pull inward and smulate the motions of a living rabbit. A

coil spring 24is provided for maintaining the nose and mouth in the normally outward position when the pull on the operating wire is released. 7

In use, assuming the toy t0 beinanipu lated by the right, arm and hand, the best efi'ects are obtained by folding the arms with the right arm .rising from underneath the loft arm so that the head of the toy will pr0ject outover the upper portion of the left arm. The ears are flexible at the base '100 and adapted to be lowerd-t the position shown in Figure '1 by pressing the thumb and forefinger on the levers as shown in Fig-, me 2. Thenose andmouth may be mampuj 7 lated by pulling on the l ooped end of'the wire 28 by one of the reefingers. A sulficient pull on the said Wire Willfc'ause the whole head to move on account of the flexibilityof the sack 3. It is obviou that eah ear is adapted for independentmotmn in or without a simultaneous operation 'of the either direction. They may -be' moved With nose and mouth, simply by partially closing the'operating hand, VVhen used in this manner and when the head end is manipulated by the incased hand andfingers the effect is to give the impression that a living animal is being carried in the arms.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into eleCt, this is capable of variation and modification without depart, ing from the spirit' of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details Of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as corne within the scope of the appended claims.

' Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A 1. A toy comprising-a pliable c0vering,

havng a portion in simulation of ananimal head includ1ng movable ears, nose and mouth portions; mechanical mans loCated within said head for m0v1ng' sald cars, and means form0v1ng sa1d nose and operat1ng sa1d niouth by a partial closing of the operating V2.'A toy comPrising a covering portion having an open end and a head end; meahs associated with the head end to give. it the characteristics of an animal head including movable cars, nose and mouth portions: said open end being adaptedto serve as an entrance for the hand into the toy; means adapted to be maniplated by the fingrs of the inserted hand, fox causing th cars name to this specification.

dependently of each other, and means adapted to move the noseand mouth by another figer in conjunctionWith or independently' of the movement of the cars.

3. A figure toy comprising a portion made of ha1d material'fashioned in simulation 'of an animal head including movable nose and mo11th portions; cars on the head formed of soft stuffing material and means for retain ing the stuifing in place; spring means adapted to operate the cars in either direction independently of each other and spring means to return them to normal position; means for causing the nose and mouth to move inwardly and spring means for:re siliently retaining' the nose and mouth in normal position; 21 body Portion capable of receiving a hand to a position where the fingers may manipulate the said 0Perating means.

4. An amsement device having a liollow flexible nose, all of Which are adapted to be moved simultaneously or independently of each other in any desired combinati0n; indepndent means for operatingsaid movable cars and nose, adapted to be manipulated by the fingers of a hand inserted into the hollow 'body portion. r

In testimony whereof I-have signed my FELIXJOSEPH LEMIEUX. 

